Gate construction



1 625,254 Apnl 19,1927. W HODDE GATE CONSTRUCTION Filed Oct. 23.' 1925 Patented Apr. 19, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

GATE CONSTRUCTION.

.Application led October 23, 1925. Serial No. 64,414k

This invention relates to gate construction, and its primary object is to provide a gate adapted for farm and other purposes, which will be very simple in construction, and which will require no castings.A

Further, the invention contemplates the provision of a. gate 'which may be readily knocked down and crated for shipment`l there being also means for adjusting the gate vertically, so that it may occupy various angular positions relative to the gate posts to adapt the gate for use to meet unevenness in the ground where it may be desirable to-locate the gate, and also to facilitate its use in localities where deep snow occurs.

A further object is to so construct the end pieces that they are adapted tocreceive additional or secondary posts between which may be strung wires to practically increase the height of the gate when it is desired for use in a poultry yard where a. higher gate is needed. v

Another object of the invention is to provide a. convenient operable means for holding the gate in adjusted vertical position, and also the provision of means whereby the cross pieces or wires between the top and bottom bars may be readily adjusted so as to keep them always taut.

A still further object of the invention is to providea gate whose more'substantial parts are constructed entirely in tubular formation, with the exception of their ends or portions adjacent their ends where the connections between the side and end pieces are formed, in which latter places the tubular construction is flattened and shaped for close contact, and also shaped for the formation of the gate elements of the hinge, so that said elements may cooperate accurately and smoothly with thev hinge elements that are secured to the gate posts.

In the drawings illustrating the invention- A F ig. l is a perspective view ofa gateV made in accordance with this invention, there -being shown in dotted lines,a.raised or angular position thereof. n

Fig. 2 is. a broken elevation, partlyin section -of one'` of the end pieces, showing the tubular formation at the upper end of the pieces for the reception ofthe secondary oradditional post, and to show more clearly the flattened and perforated portions for the passage of bolts l2.

connection with the top and bottom cross pieces.

F 3 is a similar view of either a top or bottom bar.

Fig. t is a detail elevation ol one end of the gate showing the manner of inserting the secondary post, there being also shown incomplete, a number of strands of wire which, in the full construction, will extend to the opposite secondary post.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates one gate post, and 2 the other. 'the numeral 3 designates the gate as a whole which in the main comprises end pieces 4 and 5, top and bottom bars 6 and 7 respectively.

rlfhe gate post is provided with two similar eyes 8 apertured for the passage of the hinge rod 9. Adjacent the ends of the top and bottom pieces, the tubular members of which these pieces are constructed, are flattened as indicated at 10and the flattened portions are providedwith apertures 1l for Une end of each of these pieces is flattened as indicated at 13, and each is provided with an aperture la for the passage of the rod 9, the flattened portions of said pieces being adapted, as shown in Fig. l, to rest on the top of the eyes 8 so that when the rod 9 is inserted a hinge will be formed, and the gate as a whole, hinged to the post 1.

There the end pieces 4 and 5 intersect the top and bottom bars, the end pieces are flattened as indicated at- 15, and apertures for the passage of the bolts 12 which when passed through the apertures in said end pieces and top and bottom bars and tightened, the frame of the gate, in the main, is formed. The end pieces extend above the top bar 6 where the tubular formation of said members is allowed to remain, thus forming the sockets 16 for the reception of secondary posts 17 between which may be stretched a number of wires or a section of wire mesh, as fancy may dictate, to practically increase the height of the gate, when such height is desired, as may be the case where it is used for a poultry yard.

lVhile these auxiliary posts are shown with comparatively short gate posts which would be appropriate to a fence of ordinary height, it will be understood thatthere would proba-bly be in case of use in av chicken yard, a much higher `post so that the'wireformlOa'i ing a partol the yard or inclosure would correspond to the additional height given the gate by the use ot the secondary posts and the wire stretched between them.

The numeral 1S designates an iii-set end piece preferably placed at the end ot' the gate opposite the hinge. This piece is tubular in t'orm and is provided near its top and bottom with apertures 19 Ytor the passage ot bolts 20 which pass through apertures 2l in the end piece 5. The-se bolts at one end are provided with a head, and at the other end with a nutso that the iii-set may be adjusted to and from the end piece Strung between this iii-set and the end piece l of the main trame are a number ofwi1'es,wliich are looped around the respective pieces so that the adjustment ol' the piece 18 toward the piece 5 will tighten the wires or rods, as the case may be. It should be understood at this point that any number ot these wires may be employed. or in lieu or the wires in individual strands, a wire mesh may be employed properly laced between the two pieces, this being t'or the purpose ot' making the gate impassible to poultry or small animals.

Running diagonally from a point near the top of the end piece 4, and above the top bar t3 ol the main trame, and to a point near the lower end ol' the end piece 5 are wires :22, one ou each side ot the gate. This may be a single wire caught under the lowermost bolt which attaches the in-set 1S to the piece 5, and carried up and looped around in proper fashion, the top of the end piece l, as shown. These wires are for maintaining the gate in any adjusted angular position relative to the gate posts. Preferably, I provide in appropriate places in the length ot the wires, ordinary turn buckles 23 by which the wires may bc conveniently tightcned.

Ordinarily the gate will be in the position shown in t'ull lines in Fig. l. that is with the top and bottom pieces substantially parallel with the sur'tace or the ground, and the end pieces vertical, and parallel with the gate post, but should it be desired to adjust the gate into any particular angular relation to the post or posts, it is only necessary to loosen the tour bolts at the four corners of the trames, which have been described, and when the parts are in the desired position, the bolts may be again set and the wires tiglitened.

n Of course for the rod 9' may be. substituted short bolts or antY device suitable for making al proper hinge connection between'rtlle top and bottoin bars of the gate and the eyes of the gate post. Rods may be substituted for the 'wires QQ, and it will be understood that while there has beenshown a conventional latch, any suitable latch may be employed, aaa aanneemt, 'ahneaie gate is shown closed between two gate posts, under which conditions it may open in either direction, or it may be hung to swing against one ol the posts.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A gate comprising top and bottom bars and end bars hinged to the first mentioned bars, said bars being tubular in construction and fiattened at the points of intersection, the end bars being extended above the top bar and provided with sockets for the reception ot' secondary posts.

2. A gate forming in the main top and bottom members and end members ot tubular construction, each member having a flattened port-ion at points where said ineinbers intersect the said portions being provided with apertures, and bolts passing through said flattened portions whereby the top, bottoni and end members are adjustably secured together` and means t'or hinging the gate thus torn'ied to a support.

3. A gate comprising in the main top and bottom sections and end pieces, all 'formed ot' tubular members. and all ot the members being flattened at the points ot' intersection and provided with apertures, bolts passing through said apertures by which said members are adjustably secured together, the top and bottom members being extended beyond one of the end pieces and there provided with a flattened portion at right angles to the flattened portion adjacent thereto, said extended ends forming hinge elements, a support, means carried by said support and adapted to lorm the other hinge elements, and means tor hingedly securing said hinge elements together.

t. A gate comprising in the main a. trame `formed of top and bottom tubular members, all ot said members intersecting each other, and all oit said members being flattened at the points ol intersection and provided with apertures at said points for the passage or bolts, bolts in said apertures for adjustably securing the frame members to each other, the end members being extended above the top member and provided with sockets tor the reception of an additional post for the purpose set forth, and means for hinging the frame' thus formed to asupport.

5. A gate comprising in' the main, a frame formed of top and bottom members and end members of tubular construction and adapted to intersect eacli. other, means for adjustably `'securing said members to each other at the points" of intersections, said members being flattened at their intersecting points, a gate" support, means for hinging the gate to said support, and means ioi securing the frame' in "ions angular relations to its support after adjustment'.

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